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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3104929, member: 10461&quot;]Been there, done that, though in my case it was in the car and with a then- $110-ish 1875-S USA 20-cent piece.&nbsp; When I found it, it was indeed like Saturnalia, for enough time had elapsed that I had semi-forgotten I owned the coin and had come to assume I&#039;d sold it long ago.&nbsp; Rediscovering it was a happy little windfall, like I had with the Constantine campgate this morning!</p><p><br /></p><p>Lost an EF 1797 British &quot;Cartwheel&quot; 2-pence before I moved out of my old house in North Carolina in 1994.&nbsp; Never found it.&nbsp; That&#039;s a big ol&#039; coin to go and lose!</p><p><br /></p><p>Another time, back when I was a smoker, I got a nice ornate Victorian love token in the mail.&nbsp; Opened the package, extracted the coin.&nbsp; It was time to go to work, so I slid the coin flip into the clear plastic wrapper of my cigarette pack.&nbsp; <font size="3">(Bet you smokers know all about this trick, if any of you are still alive.) </font> Admired my new coin during a smoke break, slid it back in the packet, and later, after smoking the last ciggie in the pack, I tossed the &quot;empty&quot; pack in the trash ... <i>coin and all.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>About an hour later, I realized my mistake, and ran back across the street to the smoking area, only to find the trash had been emptied and hauled away.&nbsp; Oh, the horror!</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometime in the 24th century, future archaelogists digging up the Glynn County landfill are going to be baffled by the presence of an ornately carved 1870s Seated Liberty dime love token, neatly tucked inside an empty Kool cigarette box from the 1990s.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">(<i>There&#039;s</i> an anti-smoking public announcement for ya, kiddies!)</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Also know a dealer who accidentally threw away a gold quarter-eagle.&nbsp; Ugh![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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